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CAMPOBELLO   ISLAND. 

THE  island  of  Campobello  lies  in  Passamaquoddy  Bay 
about  seventy  miles  north-east  of  Mount  Desert,  and 
is  distant  about  three  miles  from  Eastport  in  the  State  of 
Maine.  It  is  about  ten  miles  long,  from  two  to  three  miles 
wide,  and  has  an  area  of  upwards  of  twenty  square  miles, 
and  a  circumference  of  thirty  miles.  To  the  south-east  lies 
the  open  ocean,  only  here  and  there  broken  by  islands  and 
reefs ;  while  to  the  north  lie  the  embayed  waters  of  Pas- 
samaquoddy, thickly  sown  with  islands  of  great  and  varied 
beauty.  Beyond  these  islands  the  eye  ranges  away  over 
the  rounded  hills  of  Maine  and  New  Brunswick. 

The  island  is  irregular  in  shape,  and  its  shores  abound 
in  exquisite  details  of  scenery.  There  are  coves,  beaches, 
chasms,  and  deep  inlets.  The  shores  are  rock-bound,  and 
giant  cliffs  overhang  the  sea  for  many  miles. 


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2  Campobello  Island. 

The  surface  of  the  island  is  broken;  and  the  hills,  many 
of  them  very  abrupt,  are  covered  with  a  dense  growth  of 
firs  and  larches,  and  are  interesting  and  picturesque. 

The  roads,  for  the  most  part,  are  smooth  and  pleasant. 
More  than  thirty  miles  have  been  built ;'  and  the  drives  in 
every  direction  are  delightful. 

.  Since  the  year  1767  to  the  present  time  the  property  has 
been  in  the  hands  of  an  English  family.  It  has  been  treated 
as  an  English  estate,  the  land  being  leased  to  tenants,  chiefly 
fishermen  and  farmers,  who  have  built  their  own  dwellings, 
and  pay  a  ground-rent  annually.  There  are  about  thirteen 
hundred  tenants,  most  of  them  industrious  and  thrifty. 

In  June,  1881,  the  island  was  purchased  by  a  few  New 
York  and  Boston  gentlemen,  who  organized  the  Campo- 
bello Company,  with  a  capital  of  one  million  dollars.  The 
organization  of  the  company  is  as  follows  :  viz., — 

Incorporators.  —  Quincy  A.  Shaw,  Henrv  L.  Higgin- 
soN,  Francis  B.  Beaumont,  Alexander  S.  Porter, 
Edward  C.  Pike. 


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President.  —  Samuel  Wells. 

Treasurer.  —  Francis  B.  Beaumont. 

General  Manager.  —  Alexander  S.  Porter. 

Directors.  —  Samuel  Wells  of  Boston,  Francis  B. 
Beaumont  of  Boston,  George  A.  Goddard  of  Boston, 
Alexander  S.  Porter  of  Boston,  Edward  E.  Chase  of 
New  York. 

As  soon  as  the  property  was  acquired,  a  new  hotel  called 
*'  The  Owen  "  was  built ;  and,  though  hot  opened  till  the 
latter  part  of  August,  there  were  four  hundred  guests 
registered  when  the  house  was  closed  Oct.  i. 

"  The  Owen  "  was  built  upon  the  site  of  the  residence  of 
Admiral  Owen,  —  the  former  owner  of  the  island,  —  from 
plans  drawn  by  William  G.  Preston  of  Boston.  It  stands, 
but  a  short  distance  from  the  water's  edge,  upon  a  thickly 
wooded  headland  jutting  out  into  the  bay ;  and  the  views  in 
every  direction  are  enticing.  The  plan  of  this  pretty  little 
inn  is  essentially  Swiss,  complete  in  all  its  appointments, 
and  attractive  to  the  eye  both  in  interior  and  exterior. 

Many  new  roads  have  been  opened,  a  pier  has  been 
built,  and  many  other  minor  improvements  made. 


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A  new  and  attractive  house,  to  be  called  Tyn-y-coed, 
—  meaning,  in  Welsh,  "  House  in  the  Woods,** —  is  being 
erected,  to  be  finished  and  ready  for  boarders  June  I.  It  is 
pleasantly  situated  near  the  water's  edge  on  an  eminence 
seventy-five  feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea.  It  was  planned 
by  Messrs.  Cummings  and  Sears  of  Boston,  contains  sixty 
sleeping-rooms,  and  is  provided  with  all  the  comforts  of  a 
refined  home.  It  will  be  supplied  with  an  abundance  of 
clear  spring-water,  and  generous  open  fireplaces  abound  in 
profusion.  On  the  first  floor  may  be  found  a  large  parlor, 
dining-hall,  and  some  cosey  little  card-rooms,  beside  numer- 
ous sleeping-rooms,  and  the  housekeeper's  ^reception-room, 
all  opening  out  upon  broad  piazzas,  which  almost  surround 
the  house. 

The  views  from  Tyn-y-coed  are  enchanting;  and  no  one 
who  has  a  sense  of  the  beautiful  in  nature  can  fail  to  be 
deeply  impressed. 

The  Campobello  Company  is  in  no  sense  a  hotel-com- 
pany. Its  aim  is  rather  to  introduce  this  beautiful  island 
—  hitherto  forbidden  ground  —  to  the  world.    Its  first  effort 


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is  necessarily  to  provide  comfortable  dormitories  for  those. 
who  come  to  explore  the  island.  The  '^  dormitories  are  not 
unsightly  and  uncomfortable  caravansaries,  hut,  as  has  al- 
ready be'^n  said,  attractive,  picturesque  and  refined  in  all 
thci.  appointments, —  in  fact,  homelike ;  so  that  one  may  en- 
joy all  the  freedom  of  a  wild,  out-door,  campin^2:-out  life,  and 
yet,  after  a  day  of  exploration  or  rock-climbing,  come  back 
to  a  home^  and  a  good  supper  well  cooked  and  well  served. 

It  is  the  hope  and  aim  of  the  Campobello  Company  to 
inaugurate  a  social  cottage-life,  where  those  who  come  to 
pass  the  summer  may  enjoy  a  quiet  and  retired  life,  made 
wholesome  by  the  soft  yet  bracing  air,  never  too  hot,  and 
seldom  too  cool. 

A  reservation  of  some  eight  hundred  acres  of  fertile  land 
near  Tyn-y-coed  has  been  carefully  laid  out  by  Professor  F. 
W,  Dean  of  Harvard  College  into  areas  of  from  two  to  six 
acres.  All  the  improvements  contemplated  by  the  com- 
pany will  be  on  a  liberal  and  comprehensive  plan.  Good 
drainage  and  an  abundant  supply  of  pure  water  are  regarded 
as  the  first  requisites.     But  nature  has  so  asserted  herself 


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here  on  every  side,  that  every  effort  will  be  made  to  pre- 
serve the  wild  effects  so  lavishly  bestowed. 

Excursions,  both  near  and  remote,  are  too  nnm,erous  to 
name ;  and  weeks  may  be  profitably  passed  in  making 
explorations  without  having  covered  half  the  ground.  The 
boating  on  the  bay  is  unequalled.  One  may  sail  up  the 
beautiful  St.  Croix,  or  again  up  the  D'enny,  both  of  which 
rivers  flow  into  the  Passamaquoddy  opposite  Campobello. 
The  charming  Bay  of  St.  Andrew's,  and  the  Indian  encamp- 
ment at  Pleasant  Point,  a  few  miles  up  the  St.  Croix,  and 
the  beautiful  falls  of  the  Denny  River,  are  all  points  of 
intense  interest.  One  may  go  to  Grand  Menan,  ten  miles 
distant,  and  explore  its  mighty  cliffs,  or  sail  to  the  Wolves, 
a  few  miles  north-east  of  the  island. 

By  steamer  one  may  go  to  Mount  Desert,  St.  Stephen, 
St.  Andrew's,  or  St.  John.  Various  lines  of  steamers 
centre  at  Eastport ;  and  all  points  of  interest  in  this  won- 
derfully picturesque  neighborhood  are  easily  accessible. 

The  survey  of  the  island  was  made  last  summer  by  Pro- 
fessors Shaler  and  Dean  of  Harvard  University.  Various 
subdivisions  are  now  being  made ;  and  reduced  copies  of 


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the  plans  may  be  had  at  the  office  of  the  General  Manager, 
Mr.  Alexander  S.  Porter,  No.  27  State  Street,  Boston,  or 
at  the  company's  office,  Campobeilo,  N.B. 

The  company  is  now  prepared  to  offer  land  for  sale  ;  and, 
as  the  whole  property  is  to  be  laid  out  on  one  comprehen- 
sive system,  suitable  restrictions  for  the  benefit  of  all  will 
be  placed  upon  each  lot. 

Floor-plans  of  ''  The  Owen  "  and  "  Tyn-y-coed  "  may  also 
be  had  of  the  general  manager ;  and  application  may  be 
made  to  him  for  accommodations  for  the  season.  "The 
Owen"  will  admit  of  transient  as  well  as  permanent  guests, 
while  •'  Tyn-y-coed  "  will  be  reserved  for  those  who  wish  to 
stay  one  week  or  more.  Both  these  houses  will  be  managed 
by  competent  persons,  who  will  have  at  their  command 
ample  corps  of  well-trained  servants. 

Access  may  be  had  to  Campobeilo  by  the  steamers  of 
the  International  Steamship  Company,  whose  vessels  make 
four  or  more  trips  per  week  during  the  summer  season. 
They  leave  Commercial  Wharf,  Boston,  at  eight  a.m.; 
Portland,  at  six  p.m.  of  the  same  days ;  arriving  at  Eastport 
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P.M.  train  vid  either  the  Eastern  or  the  Boston  and  Maine 
Railroad,  one  arrives  at  Portland  in  ample  time  to  connect 
with  the  steamer  there. 

By  rail,  go  vid  Boston  and  Maine  or  Eastern  Railroad 
to  St.  Stephen  ;  thence  by  steamer  down  the  St.  Croix 
River  to  Eastport,  or  by  carriage,  a  distance  of  twenty- 
eight  miles.     The  route  by  steamer  is  preferable. 

It  is  a  well-known  fact  that  Passamaquoddy  Bay  is  remark- 
ably free  from  fog.  It  is  the  mariner's  paradise;  and  while 
a  fog  may  be  hanging  over  the  Bay  of  Fundy,  outside  of  the 
island,  Passamaquoddy  will  be  entirely  free.  It  is  a  matter  of 
record  at  the  Signal  Service  Bureau  that  there  is  less  fog  at 
Campobello  than  at  any  other  point  east  of  the  Penobscot. 

It  will  no  doubt  be  a  matter  of  interest  to  many  people 
•to  know  that  at  Campobello  one  may  find  absolute  relief 
from  HAY  FEVER.  Ample  evidence  is  at  hand  to  prove 
it  beyond  question.  This  subject  might  be  enlarged  upon 
to  an  unlimited  extent ;  and  the  manager  is  prepared  to 
furnish  all  desired  information. 

A  cable  has  been  laid  to  Eastport,  and  telegraphic  com- 
munication may  be  had  with  all  parts  of  the  world. 


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In  his  ''  Impressions  of  Campobello,"  Mr.  Edward 
A.  SiLSBEE  says,  — 

"Instinct  of  race  bends  the  American  people  to  the 
Eastern  shore.  Here  is  moist  air  and  repose.  The  dry- 
ness which  parches  and  thins,  is  arrested.  Excitement  gives 
place  to  sedative  and  sympathetic  air.  Our  people  live 
at  high  pressure.  Here  is  the  sanitarium,  the  corrective. 
Baths  of  fog  are  as  needful  to  the  senses  and  the  skin  as 
the  sun.  They  leave  us  with  soothing  sensations.  One 
feels  dipped  in  the  sea,  after  these  days,  albeit  it  is  too  cold 
to  bathe  in,  though  they  mean  to  use  an  inlet  for  that 
purpose.  Here  is  the  jumping-off  place.  We  plunge  into 
provincial  quiet,  gentle  restorative  to  an  overstrung  race. 
We  leave  the  United  States.     We  travel. 

"  The  Owen  family  held  possession  of  Campobello  for  a 
hundred  years,  and  left  their  traces  in  fine  roads  which 
cross  the  island,  an  old  mansion-house,  softened  manners 


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and  an  interesting  population,  above  the  average.  The 
fisherman's  stakes,  boats,  weirs,  and  nets,  and  themselves 
included,  form  picturesque  objects,  skirting  the  bays  and 
coves  where  their  comfortable  houses  are  built.  The  green 
untrodden  roads  —  so  unpeopled  is  the  place  —  are  inex- 
pressibly delightful.  They  cross  to  charming  points  of 
view,  where  we  look  out  at  the  sea  stretching  distantly,  gaze 
at  Grand  Menan,  or  see  the  indented  shore  lying  prettily 
like  a  map  at  our  feet.  The  stretches  are  noble.  To  the 
north,  by  Wilson's  Reserve,  a  broad  sound  shows  like  a 
mighty  river.  From  Friar's  Head  —  a  bold  point  jutting 
out  into  the  inland  waters  —  we  see  two  broad  sheets  going 
up  into  the  mainland,  intersected  by  Eastport  and  islets  of 
secluded  aspect  with  old  houses,  the  fine  town  of  Lubec 
nobly  seated  at  the  narrows. 

*'  But  the  charm  is  in  the  seclusion,  cheerfulness,  the 
mild  ocean  air  which  surrounds  this  attractive  island. 

"  Numberless  rocky  headlands  of  picturesque  form  and 
bold  heights  enclose  beaches  and  caves,  and  inlets  deep 
embayed  bisect  the  land.  There  are  deciduous  trees  at 
Bunker  Hill,  beneath  which  it  is  delightful  to  wander,  and 


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grassy  knolls  and  a  sloping  vale  like  Crusoe's,  or  Rasselas' 
land  full  of  sylvan  beauty. 

*'  At  hand  lies  the  southern  coast,  one  frowning  mass  of 
rock  stretched  facing  the  ocean,  where  the  Atlantic  wave 
has  hollowed  out  many  a  picturesque  chamber.  The  cheer- 
ful eminences  are-  numerous.  One  winds  and  curves  in 
the  little  domain  ever  on  this  green  turf  like  a  fairy,  bor- 
dered by  the  rugged  forest.  It  is  a  charm  to  view  its  pic- 
turesque wildness.  One  feels,  not  oppressed  by  nature, 
but  drawn  to  her  socially ;  for  there  is  every  variety  of  cove 
and  field,  hollow  and  dingle. 

**The  great  tides  rush  against  this  island,  and  recede, 
leaving  great  masses  of  magnificent  seaweeds,  as  if  the 
ocean  combed  its  hair  there,  and  set  its  locks  to  dry. 
Grand  spectacle  is  it  to  see  the  sea  laid  bare,  its  depths 
revealed,  —  to  feel  the  salt  brine  seasoning  every  sense. 

**The  plan  is  to  keep  this  island  refined  for  healthful, 
simple  living,  a  home  of  cottages  and  neighborly  life,  in  the 
woods,  on  the  bays  along  the  shores,  with  their  bold  frontage 

on  the  sea. 

"  This  tendency  to  Maine,  therefore,  and  Nova  Scotia, 


Campobello  Island, 


has  a  reason  deeper  than  caprice.  The  American  people 
are  coming  to  the  ocean  for  moist  air  :  otherwise  they  would 
become  nervous,  excited,  and  blow  away.  It  is  a  sanita- 
rium to  the  inland  and  to  the  coast  itself,  and  unique  on 
our  border.  Here  we  have  a  touch  of  dampness  which  we 
need,  and  an  air  like  England  or  Norway,  which  made  the 
old  sea-kings,  and  nursed  English  history,  of  which  we  are 
the  divided  root.  Our  people  are  coming  to  the  coast  as 
naturally  as  birds  migrate  with  the  season.  Instinct  has 
led  them  there  for  health  and  recreation.  Nor  will  there 
be  a  refluent  tide ;  for  the  inland  needs  the  sea,  which  has 
always  broadened  and  braced  mankind,  and  made  it  great. 
Its  motion  is  native  to  man,  to  kindle  in  him  kindred  emo- 
tions, and  spur.  He  lives  by  its  breath,  and,  if  the  great 
German  people  could  have  it,  they  would  be  greater  than 
they  are,  and  free.  It  is  the  element  in  man's  progress, 
and  feeds  his  imagination.  Three-quarters  of  the  globe 
are  not  to  be  left  unploughed  by  him.  Here  we  get  its 
whiff,  its  depth,  its  motion,  the  majestic  tides,  the  study  of 
its  hidden  life,  its  genius,  in  perfection.  We  seem  in  a 
little  camp,  to  be  outside  the  rim,  midway,  ready  to  embark 


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for  any  region,  material  or  immaterial,  the  impulse  in  us  is 
so  moving  and  so  fresh,  so  vital  is  the  air.  A  lover  of 
nature,  which  is  the  modern  religion,  is  left  here  to  her 
caresses.     He  feels  the  sky,  the  sea,  the  woods,  the  land. 

"An  island  is  an  inspiration:  it  is  the  stimulant  of 
genius.  Shakspeare  felt  it  in  '  The  Tempest,*  Defoe  in 
*  Crusoe/  Plato  in  *  Atlantis.'  We  are  taken  up  into  the 
elements,  and  regain  our  own. 

**  We  cast  adrift  from  dull  continents,  embarked  for  some 
ethereal  sphere.  The  sea  surrounding  is  like  a  new  atmos- 
phere. It  stimulates  adventure  in  our  very  blood  and 
bones,  and  runs  along  the  current  of  our  souls  and 
thoughts.  We  are  one  with  the  world,  the  land  under  us, 
and  sea  and  air  wrapping  us  about.  The  most  elemental 
poet  that  ever  was,  Shelley,  was  inspired  by  islands,  and 
embarked  on  his  world-surrounding  verse. 

"  Sanitarium  of  sanitariums,  the  drift  will  continue  ;  and, 
like  the  birds,  the  people  will  come,  driven  put  from  the 
interior,  to  settle  on  the  shore.  Planted  in  the  sea,  it 
breathes  its  air  untainted,  and  all  the  Atlantic  and  the 
breath' of  the  Gulf  Stream  make  it  sweet." 


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Campobello  Island, 


Miss  Kate  Hillard,  in  '*  The  New  York  Tribune," 
says,  — 

*'  If  the  man  who  invents  a  new  dish  deserves  the  thanks 
of  humanity,  we  should  surely  bestow  a  still  larger  meas- 
ure of  gratitude  on  the  genius  who  discovers  a  new  sum- 
mer resort.  To  the  veteran  pleasure-seeker  the  old  places 
soon  become  hackneyed.  Newport  and  Saratoga  are  the 
city  over  again,  whisked  away  on  a  magic  carpet  to  a  new 
location  ;  the  White  Mountains  and  Mount  Desert  are  too 
crowded  with  cockneyed  tourists  ;  even  the  Adirondacks 
have  become  stale.  We  long  for  fresh  pastures,  and  we 
find  them  in  Campobello,  where  every  prospect  pleases,  and 
where  even  man  is  not  as  vile  as  usual.  A  steamer  leav- 
ing Portland  at  six  p.m.  will  bring  you  to  Eastport  about 
ten  the  next  morning;  and,  as  you  sail  up  the  beautiful 
Passamaquoddy  Bay,  the  island  of  Campobello  stretches 
away  on   your  right,  while   far  beyond  you  see  the  cliffs 


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of  Grand  Menan.  A  little  steamer  takes  you  across  to 
Welchpool  in  a  few  moments,  and  you  are  set  down  at  the 
gates  of  what  was  until  lately  the  estate  of  the  Owen 
family,  but  is  now  owned  by  the  Campobello  Company,  a 
party  of  Boston  and  New  York  gentlemen,  who  are  build- 
ing a  hotel,  laying  out  roads,  and  improving  the  advantages 
already  provided  by  nature  for  making  Campobello  one  of 
the  most  charming  watering-places  in  the  world.  It  has 
every  thing  a  watering-place  should  have,  including  a  his- 
tory, not  to  mention  legends  of  pirates  and  their  hidden 
treasures. 

'*  One  of  the  earliest  maps  of  the  region  wa3^  made  by 
Cypnase  Southac,  said  to  be  an  English  sea-captain, 
though  his  name  would  not  indicate  it;  and  in  1764  Sir 
Francis  Bernard,  governor  of  the  colony  of  Massachusetts 
Bay,  sent  John  Mitchell  out  to  survey  the  St.  Croix  River 
by  the  aid  of  this  map.  Campobello  was  then  called  Pas- 
samaquoddy  Island,  and  was  granted  to  Captain  William 
Owen  of  the  Royal  Navy  i.i  1767.  The  Owen  family 
have  held  it  ever  since,  an.i  they  gave  it  the  pretty  and 
appropriate  title  it  still  bears.     Two  admirals  adorned  the 


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family  tree;  and  a  son-in-law  of  Admiral  William  Fitzwil- 
liam  Owen  —  Captain  Robinson  Owen,  who  took  his  wife's 
name  —  was  the  last  British  owner  of  Campobello.  It  for- 
merly belonged  to  the  jurisdiction  of  Nova  Scotia,  but 
passed  under  that  of  New  Brunswick  when  the  latter  was 
established  as  a  province.  So  much  for  its  history ;  and, 
as  for  its  legends,  only  the  oldest  inhabitant  can  do  full 
justice  to  them.  One  of  them  tells  of  a  strange  wreck, 
lying  far  up  in  a  little  cove  where  no  ship  could  be  stranded 
now.  The  rotting  timbers  were  old  a  century  ago,  and, 
strangest  of  all,  there  was  no  trace  of  iron  in  their  fasten- 
ings. Thirty  or  forty  tons  was  the  capacity  of  the  little 
vessel ;  and  one  cannot  help  wondering  whether  she  were 
not  one  of  the  ships  that  bore  the  Northmen  hither,  and 
whether  the  *  Skeleton  in  Armor '  might  not,  as  a  living 
warrior,  have  paced  her  storm-washed  decks.  More  than 
fifty  years  ago  men  who  claimed  to  be  the  descendants  of 
buccaneers  came  over  from  Mount  Desert,  where  their 
forefathers  had  settled,  to  dig  on  the  shores  of  Campobello 
for  a  large  iron  chest  full  of  Spanish  doubloons,  whose 
description  and  position  had  been  carefully  handed  down 


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for  generations.  Old  Admiral  Owen  found  them  at  work, 
and  they  promised  him  a  third  of  the  treasure  when  they 
should  find  it,  if  he  would  allow  them  to  continue  their 
search.  Years  passed  on,  and  they  were  still  looking  for 
the  iron  chest.  The  old  admiral  had  passed  away,  and  his 
son-in-law  was  watching  their  labors.  One  day  he  rode 
across  the  island  to  see  how  they  were  getting  on,  and 
they  had  gone.  Only  a  deep  excavation  was  left,  at  the 
bottom  of  which,  said  Captain  Robinson  Owen,  was  plainly 
to  be  seen  the  outlines  of  a  large  iron  chest,  marked  out 
by  the  rust  that  had  covered  its  sides.  But  the  treasure 
was  gone,  and  the  pirates'  sons  and  grandsons  came  no 
more  to  Herring  Cove.  Now  only  curiously  colored  peb- 
bles are  to  be  picked  up  on  its  shingly  beach,  rainbow-tinted 
or  marked  with  singular  lines  and  streaks. 

*'  You  drive  to  Herring  Cove  through  miles  of  spruce 
and  fir  woods,  the  trees  standing  in  serried  rows  like  an 
army  under  review,  and  the  air  so  loaded  with  their  spicy 
fragrance  that  it  pervades  the  whole  island  and  drowns 
the  smell  of  the  sea.  Over  the  springy  turf  and  under  the 
dark  green  arches,  and  among  the  sunny  avenues  of  the 


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Campobello  Island. 


younger  trees,  one  drives  on  to  Lake  Glensevern,  a  pretty- 
little  pond  about  a  mile  long,  winding  its  sinuous  length 
just  inside  the  pebbles  of  the  beach,  and  bright  with  the 
reflections  of  the  purple  iris  nodding  on  its  banks.  Or 
you  may  go  to  Friar's  Head,  a  bold  headland  jutting  out 
into  the  bay,  where  under  the  shadow  of  the  cliffs  a  single 
pillar  of  stone  stands  on  the  beach.  This  is  the  *  Friar,' 
and,  from  the  top  of  the  hill  above,  one  of  the  most  beauti- 
ful views  in  the  world  stretches  away  in  every  direction. 
Passamaquoddy  Bay,  with  all  its  lovely  islands,  beautiful 
and  varied  as  Lake  George,  which  it  strongly  resembles, 
lies  at  your  feet,  smooth  as  a  mirror,  and  glowing  with  the 
rich  colors  of  the  sunset  sky.  On  either  hand  stretch  the 
deeply  indented  shores  of  the  island,  forming  everywhere 
pretty  coves  and  bays  ;  and  behind  you,  as  you  face  the  bril- 
liant sky  and  the  bright  little  towns  of  Eastport  and  Lubec, 
the  distant  shores  of  Grand  Menan  loom  up  out  of  the  Bay 
of  Fundy.  The  surface  of  the  island  is  charmingly  diversi- 
fied :  hill  and  dale,  deep  woods  and  blossoming  fields,  high 
rocks  and  pebbly  bearhv  quaint  little  homesteads  and 
barren  wildernesses  aftord  every  variety  that  the  fancy  may 


Campohello  Island, 


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desire.     Its  chief  peculiarity  is  in  the  multitude  of  penin- 
suh  J  and  outlying  islands  that  diversify  the  water  view,  and 
make   it   so   picturesque   and   beautiful.     For  a  yachting 
station  it  would  be  unequalled.     There  are  stretches  of  ten 
to  twenty  miles  within  the  bay,  between  the  various  islands, 
besides  cruising  ground  extending  up  the  St.  Croix  some 
twenty  miles  farther,  or  up  the  waters  of  the  Denny  River 
on  the  other  side  of  Eastport.     In  fact,  the  possibilities  of 
excursions  by  water  are  endless.     The  local  atmosphere  is 
intensely  British,  and  the  shores  of  the  island  are  strewn 
with  the  dropped  Iis>  of    the  inhabitants.      The  queen's 
birthday  and  ''Dominion  Day'  (July  i)  are   the   national 
holidays,  and  a  queer  little  '  custom-house '  stares  you  in 
the  face  near  the  landing,  and  reminds  you  that  you  are  in 
a  foreign   country,  and  instantly  suggests   smuggling  to 
every  true-born  citizen  of  the  United  States.'* 


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Campobello  Island. 


Professor  N.  S.  Shaler,  in  his  Preliminary  Re- 
port, says,  — 

"The  greater  part  of  the  land  on  the  island  is  very  fer- 
tile. The  gardens  of  the  natives,  though  carelessly  tilled, 
show  the  great  capacities  of  the  soil.  All  of  the  common 
field  and  garden  plants  will  fioiuish  there.  The  cleared 
ground  springs  up  in  a  rich  grass  that  affords  an  admirable 
pasturage  for  horned  cattle  and  sheep. 

"The  island  is  well  watered:  there  are  several  runninor 
brooks,  one  or  two  large  enough  for  trout-streams,  and  the 
deep  layer  of  drift  pr-  .el  affords  excellent  well-water  at 
almost,  all  points. 

**The  climate  of  the  island  is  the  most  important  of  its 
features.  Its  position  is  such  as  to  assure  it  an  absolute 
immunity  from  the  excessive  heats  of  summer,  while  its 
insulated  position,  and  the  strong  currents  of  water  that 
sweep  around  it,  make  its  winter  climate  less  n^-orous  than 


Campobello  Island, 


21 


that  of   the  neighboring  mainland.     In  the  summer  time 
the  resident  is  sure  of  a  cool,  rather  moist  climate.     As 
along  all  this  shore,  from  Boston  northward,  there  is,  dur- 
'  ing   the   presence   of    seaward   vands,   a  liability   to  fog. 
These  mists  are,  however,  not  unfavorable  to  health.     The 
extensive  forests  of  balsamic  firs  seem  to  affect  the  atmos- 
phere of  this  region,  causing  a  quiet  of  the  nervous  sys- 
tem, and   inviting   to  sleep.     The  summer  season  begins 
about  a  month  later  than  in  Southern  New  England,  and 
the  period  of  frost  comes  a  little  earUer.    Thus  the  extreme 
period  of  summer  heat  is  so  far  shortened   that  we  may 
almost  say  that  the  summer  time  here  consists  of  a  length- 
ened spring  time  and  an  earlier  autumn. 

"The  best  evidence  of  the  goodness  of  the  climate  is  to 
be  found  in  the  general  condition  of  the  present  population 
of  the  island,  — a  population  that  has  been  upon  the  soil  for 
several  generations.  This  folk  has  had  the  disadvantages 
arising  from  the  rude  and  tasking  life  of  fishermen,  which 
gives  hard  labor  and  a  scanty  diet.  Yet  they  are  the  best 
conditioned  people  that  I  have  ever  seen:  the  children 
especially  are  models  of  vigor  and  health. 


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Campobello  Island. 


"The  island  is  singularly  well  placed  for  the  summer 
resident  in  that  it  affords  excellent  opportunities  for  an 
out-door  life.  Passamaquoddy  Bay,  as  before  remarked, 
has  several  hundred  miles  of  inland  waters  connected  with 
it,  that  arc  safely  navigable  in  small  boats.  The  shores  of 
these  waters  are  very  attractive,  many  excellent  trout  and 
salmon  streams  flow  into  them,  and  the  waters  of  the  bay 
and  its  inlets  afford  the  widest  range  of  sea-fishing. 

"  It  has  been  my  good  fortune  to  see  in  a  careful  way  the 
eastern  coast  of  North  America  from  Georgia  to  Labrador. 
There  are  few  persons  who  have  had  such  opportunities 
for  knowing  the  relative  advantages  of  the  several  parts  of 
this  coast.  Every  one  of  my  many  visits  to  Passama- 
quoddy Bay  has  served  to  re-affirm  my  conviction  that  this 
region  presents  the  best  combination  of  desirable  features 
to  those  who  seek  a  place  for  a  summer  resort.  The 
island  of  Campobello  is  not  only  the  best  placed  of  all  the 
islands  in  this  bay,  but  the  plan  of  administration  that  has 
been  adopted  will  certainly  make  it  the  most  attractive 
resort  on  the  Atlantic  coast." 


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